IC 2661
IC 2661
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
344 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 344 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2661 as it looked roughly 344 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 2666Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 2769Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 643Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 3399Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 2871Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 3506Spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2769Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 643Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 3399Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 2871Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 3506Spiral51 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).